Prapor
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I have already written here about the ongoing problems in Northern Caucasus, the terrorism, organized crime, land conflicts, poverty, unemployment. Much of it, as I had said, stems from increasingly severe overcrowding in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, who have little land but fast growing populations, with high birthrates (and rising from 14.2/1000 people in Ingushetia in 2004 to 18.6 in 2008, for example, compared to national average of 12.1 for that year; around 20.3 now compared to 13 nationally. Chechnya is at 28/1000 same for last 7 years, was at 25 before. Dagestan is 19.5, I think, up from 17.8 in '08) and low death rates. Kabardino-Balkaria, where their rates went up from 13.5 in '08 to around 16 now will probably face similar issues in the future. Muslim women there increasingly take advantage of the maternity capital program, as they are poor many of them, and that $10,000 per second and next child is a lot of money there. Cossack women same too.
Well, a government commission looking at the issues in the region has now proposed a solution to relieve demographic pressures there. This includes relocating and resettling 500,000 North Caucasians to Central or Eastern/Siberian regions every couple years. That is where the issues start. And the protests. People there are saying: North Caucasians will bring their problems with them, crime, violence, Islamism (forgetting, conveniently, there there is plenty of crime and lawlessness already there to begin with, Russia as a whole is not exactly a 1st world society). Many, I suppose, fear demographic 'invasion', after all, majority of those who would be moved under this plan, would be young, fertile couples. And with their fertility rates, 3 to 4 children per woman, 500,000 could become over a million very quickly.
I still think it is a good plan though. Frankly, we need to mix the population more, to get everyone to integrate and get along with each other. After all, how did Tatars become so Russified and entrenched in our society, than by being scattered all over the country, forced to live among Russian people, adopt their language, culture, customs.
Also, there is research of North Caucasian Diasporas in Moscow that shows that the number of children in their families here is largely comparable to that of other Muscovite families: 1, 2, sometimes 3. I think the demographic threat is an exaggeration at best, racial fear-mongering.
I think they should do this, it will resolve a lot of issues.
Well, a government commission looking at the issues in the region has now proposed a solution to relieve demographic pressures there. This includes relocating and resettling 500,000 North Caucasians to Central or Eastern/Siberian regions every couple years. That is where the issues start. And the protests. People there are saying: North Caucasians will bring their problems with them, crime, violence, Islamism (forgetting, conveniently, there there is plenty of crime and lawlessness already there to begin with, Russia as a whole is not exactly a 1st world society). Many, I suppose, fear demographic 'invasion', after all, majority of those who would be moved under this plan, would be young, fertile couples. And with their fertility rates, 3 to 4 children per woman, 500,000 could become over a million very quickly.
I still think it is a good plan though. Frankly, we need to mix the population more, to get everyone to integrate and get along with each other. After all, how did Tatars become so Russified and entrenched in our society, than by being scattered all over the country, forced to live among Russian people, adopt their language, culture, customs.
Also, there is research of North Caucasian Diasporas in Moscow that shows that the number of children in their families here is largely comparable to that of other Muscovite families: 1, 2, sometimes 3. I think the demographic threat is an exaggeration at best, racial fear-mongering.
I think they should do this, it will resolve a lot of issues.
